Artist: Lew Stone & His Band
Author: Cole Porter
Label: Decca
Year: 1934
In London theatre show Hi Diddle Diddle. Vocal: Nat Gonella. In fact much older than that. One of many party songs Cole Porter wrote in the 1920s, this one for his friend Monty Woolley while impersonating a butler. That same Woolley sang it in the biographical film Night And Day in '46. Can also be seen as a lyrical blueprint for Tout va très bien Mme la Marquise.
Covers:
Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues [in medley with other Cole Porter song Just One Of Those Things]
Brendan Croker [live in Café Forum, Maastricht]
The lyrics suggest Miss Otis must have been of mixed blood since she's dragged from her prison cell by a mob to get lynched. So this is a Tout va très bien Madame la Marquise in overdrive.
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